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Today on \u201cThe Daily,\u201d we present Episode 4 of \u201c1619,\u201d a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.\n\nBlack Americans were denied access to doctors and hospitals for decades. From the shadows of this exclusion, they pushed to create the nation\u2019s first federal health care programs. Guests: Jeneen Interlandi, a member of The New York Times\u2019s editorial board and a writer for The Times Magazine, and Yaa Gyasi, the author of \u201cHomegoing.\u201d\n\nBackground reading:\u201cOne hundred and fifty years after the freed people of the South first petitioned the government for basic medical care, the United States remains the only high-income country in the world where such care is not guaranteed to every citizen,\u201d Jeneen Interlandi writes.The Times Magazine asked 16 writers to bring pivotal moments in African-American history to life. Read Yaa Gyasi\u2019s story \u201cBad Blood\u201d here.The \u201c1619\u201d audio series is part of The 1619 Project, a major initiative from The Times observing the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. Read more from the project here.